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Informa: History, Art & Companies

Informa plc is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group with headquarters in London, England. Informa is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. With offices in 42 countries, the company has around 14,000 employees. Informa owns numerous brands, including Fan Expo, VidCon, Cannes Lions…

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Informa topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Informa.

Related topics
59
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
63
Extracted relationships
49
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
63

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Brands · 29 topics
History · 17 topics
Overview · 12 topics
Operations · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
December 1998; 27 years ago (December 1998)
Industry
Publishing, business intelligence, global exhibitions, events
Headquarters
London, England, UK
Area served
43+ countries worldwide
Divisions
Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, Taylor & Francis
Key people
John Rishton (chair) · Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes (CEO)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Operations

Brands

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Informa connects Entity context

The extracted context around Informa shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Informa → Derek Mapp, Francis, Global Support, In June, Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, John Rishton, Taylor, The Another extracted example is Informa → Carter, CEO, FTSE, In, In January, In September, March, Penton, Yachting Promotions Inc. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Informa

Top relations

related to Operations · 11
Informa → Derek Mapp, Francis, Global Support, In June, Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, John Rishton, Taylor, The
related to 2014 to present · 9
Informa → Carter, CEO, FTSE, In, In January, In September, March, Penton, Yachting Promotions Inc
related to 1998 to 2013 · 8
Informa → Francis, IBC Group, IIR Holdings, In, International Business Communications, Lloyd's List, LLP Group, Taylor
Predecessors · 3
Informa → Ascential (1947–2024), Penton (1904–2017), UBM plc (1918–2018)
Key people · 2
Informa → John Rishton (chair), Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes (CEO)
related to Informa TechTarget · 2
Informa → Computer WeeklyGame DeveloperIndustry DiveInformationWeekLight, ReadingMicroScopeWard's
Area served · 1
Informa → 43+ countries worldwide
Divisions · 1
Informa → Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, Taylor & Francis
Founded · 1
Informa → December 1998; 27 years ago (December 1998)
Headquarters · 1
Informa → London, England, UK

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

business intelligence company taylor francis announced ubm plc london techtarget media 2024 june press events brands december ftse 100 1998

Informa relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 49 structured relationships around Informa. Examples in this analysis include Informa → Area served → 43+ countries worldwide and Informa → Divisions → Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, Taylor & Francis. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InformaArea served43+ countries worldwide1.00infobox
InformaDivisionsInforma Connect, Informa Festivals, Informa Markets, Informa TechTarget, Taylor & Francis1.00infobox
InformaFoundedDecember 1998; 27 years ago (December 1998)1.00infobox
InformaHeadquartersLondon, England, UK1.00infobox
InformaIndustryPublishing, business intelligence, global exhibitions, events1.00infobox
InformaKey peopleJohn Rishton (chair)1.00infobox
InformaKey peopleStephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes (CEO)1.00infobox
InformaNet income£(145.4) million (2025)1.00infobox
InformaNumber of employees14,000 (2026)1.00infobox
InformaNumber of locations150 offices1.00infobox
InformaOperating income£1,139.8 million (2025)1.00infobox
InformaPredecessorsPenton (1904–2017)1.00infobox
InformaPredecessorsUBM plc (1918–2018)1.00infobox
InformaPredecessorsAscential (1947–2024)1.00infobox
InformaRevenue£4,041.4 million (2025)1.00infobox
InformaServicesSpecialist information, scholarly research, electronic publishing, event management, exhibitions, business intelligence1.00infobox
InformaTraded asLSE: INF FTSE 100 Component1.00infobox
InformaTypePublic1.00infobox
InformaWebsiteinforma.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Informa bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Business, Intelligence and Media. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Informa
    • Business
    • Intelligence
    • Media
    • Ubm
    • Acquired
    • December
    • Francis
    • January
    • Plc
    • Press
    • Taylor
    • Techtarget
  • informa
    • Business
    • Intelligence
    • Media
    • Ubm
    • Acquired
    • December
    • Francis
    • January
    • Plc
    • Press
    • Taylor
    • Techtarget
  • business intelligence
    • December
    • Informa
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • London
    • Techtarget
    • Plc
    • Ubm
    • Intelligence
    • Exhibitions
    • Brands
    • Penton
  • springer science and business media
    • Informa
    • Media
    • December
    • Techtarget
    • Ubm
    • Intelligence
    • Exhibitions
    • Publishing
    • Brands
    • London
    • Penton
    • Plc
  • united business media
    • Informa
    • Media
    • December
    • Techtarget
    • Ubm
    • Intelligence
    • Exhibitions
    • Publishing
    • Brands
    • London
    • Penton
    • Plc
  • ubm plc
    • Publishing
    • Ceo
    • London
    • January
    • Penton
    • Plc
    • Ubm
    • Intelligence
    • June
    • Business
    • Connect
    • Festivals
  • informa techtarget
    • Business
    • Intelligence
    • Media
    • Ubm
    • January
    • Would
    • Acquired
    • December
    • Francis
    • Plc
    • Press
    • Taylor
  • brands
    • Routledge
    • Vidcon
    • Expo
    • Fan
    • Including
    • Francis
    • Press
    • Taylor
    • Connect
    • Exhibitions
    • Festivals
    • Markets

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Informa, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Informa with Brands. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Informa — Brands · splits 34 ⟂ 30
Informa — History · splits 46 ⟂ 18
Informa — Overview · splits 51 ⟂ 13

Map overview Semantic statistics

Informa

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples49
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Informa to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Informa · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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